Art of making cut-steel ornaments



Nov. 26, 1929. M M, RlvELls 1,737,333

ART OF MAKING CUT STEEL ORNAMENTS Filed Aug. 1'7, 1928 Patented Nov. 26, 1929 rr a OFFE

ART OF MAKING CUT-STEEL ORNAMENTS Application ledrAugust 1*?4I 1928. Serial No. 300,247.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the art of making cut steel ornaments, and it relates more particularly to a novel construction in cut steel ornaments 5 whereby a more completely finished ornament may be produced With a considerable saving of labor and at a corresponding lesser cost, and whereby, moreover, a more desirable product is produced.

It has been the practice in mounting cut steel ornaments With open Work, that is, designs having parts cut out, to place a piece of black or other colored leather, velvet or other suitable material back of the ornament so as to give a suitable background at the cut out parts of the design.

The production of these cut-out or open design cut-steel ornaments has heretofore entailed considerable labor and corresponding cost in the formation of the sheet metal blanks because the interior parts of the design are cut out with a great deal of difficulty and require eXtreme skill and care.

According to my novel method and construction, I am enabled to produce a cut-steel ornament Which Will have the background or backing built into the ornament and Which may be made in open designs as distinguished from merely solid designs, Without the necessity of` actually cutting out the interior parts of the design from the sheet metal base of the ornament.

According to my invention I form a sheet metal base having its outer edge-or border conforming to the outer border of the design and having all the perforations corresponding to the cut-steel points or nails of theI particular design. I superimpose upon this sheet metalbase a suitably colored backing sheet having the same contour as the metallic base sheet also having the perforations'therein, and then mount the cut-steel pointsfor nails directly upon the backing sheet with the stems thereof extending through the backing sheet and through the metallic base sheet in Which they are firmly secured by riveting.

By this novel method and construction, the cut-steel points or nails are mounted directly iiller77 instead of upon the metallic base sheet,

upon the colored backing sheet 'or With the result that any open design may be set 0E against the suitably colored background Without any actual open Work in either the metallic base sheet or in the backing or filler sheet. y

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof Which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of Which my invention consists can be variously arranged and vorganized and that my invention is not limited to the precise varrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, in Which like reference characters indicate like parts Figure l represents a top plan view of a metallic base sheet or blank adapted for an open design cut-steel ornament embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents a plan View of a completed cut-steel ornament made according to my invention;V y

Figure 8 represents a section on line 8 3 of Figure 2,1011 a greatly enlarged scale, illustrating the construction of the completed ornament. Y p

Figure 4 represents a plan view of a filling or backingsheet or blank, adapted for a cut-steel ornament embodying my invention but-having the multi-color backing or f1ller Figure 5 represents a plan view of the interior or upper backing or filler sheet adapted for a cut-steel ornament With a multi-color backingor ffiller.

Figure 6 represents a top plan view of a cut-steel ornament embodying my invention having a multi-color backing or filler,

Figure 7 represents a section online 7 7 of Figure 6, on. a greatly enlarged scale, illustrating the construction of a cut-steel ornamentl having a multi-color backing or filler,v Y Y In carrying out Vmy invention, I prepare the metallic base sheet 8 according to anysuitable design by perforating the sheet according to the particular design, as at9, and

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by suitably scalloping the Outer border of the sheet, as at 10. All the interior border design of the particular pattern is omitted, thus leaving the sheet solid except for the perforations ofthe design or pattern. A backing or filler7 sheet 11 of some non-metallic material' as, for instance, cell-uloich, viscal'oid,AE or the like, of any desiredcolor as, for instance, black, is then perforated and cut-along its outermost borderidenticailwith themeta-lf lic base sheet 8 and is superimposed thereon. The various cut-steel poin-.ts.*or',n-a.ifls 1219.110r then mounted upon the filler sheet 11 as indicated in Figures 2 a-ndf, byeXtending-thestems 13 thereof, first through ,the backing ,or filler sheet" 11 andithen ,throughv the meta-l;- lic base sheet 8, cutting-the stems atthe rear` surface ofthe. metallic base sheet Sand' riveting the same as at 14, thereby notonly firmly; mounting the cut-steel points or nails12'-, but atrthe same time permanently and? firm-ly uniting the base. sheet-8 and filler sheet r11.'

The open spaces ofthe design, indicatedby; the numeral' 15, 4Vare thus ill'ed'; in y bythefill'er sheet V11 Which',= asv pointed *out heret0- fore, may be ofany suitablefeolorv-to Ina-tchA` the particular Wearingvapparelywith whichvnvr the cut-steeljornamentisto be `Worn as, for instance, the .shoes,hat1or dress, orthe lil'te.`V

The supporting bar 16;'bymeans of whichA the ornament-is finally-supported on;the-shoe,. dress, or the like, is afixedto the rear-ofthe metallic base/sheet in the usual lmanner by,

` nails 12."l

oneof the border rou7` offeutsteel@points? orA4 By myv novel methodandlconstruction, it` is also'possible to produce abacking or fill-f ing"7 in an open design of more tl-"ianhone-y color, as indicated in Figures tito 7inollusive, Thus if'it'isfdesi'red ltov ill or backl-ice1-'tain parts ofthe ldesign by one color--itlingAor backing audit) fill-or baclrl'othier pa-rtslmof the design or pattern by a differenbcolor, I provide two or more "differently4 coloredliller or backing sheets as, for instance-,the sheets 17"A andy 18. "."'l`hus IC first; provide a liller sheet 17 of one colorf asf,-for-instance, black, covering `.the entire, de'sig-ngorpatternr that isl identical Withthemetallfic base sheet, (which latteris not shownseparately inthe ignres); then: prepare a-second"'f1'1ler sheet 18 Yofv 'a dilferent `c0lcr;;as forl instance,V

lyellow, having the shape andperfora-tijons of onlyva partofjthe ,entire pattern as for instance, the sli-ape anduperforationsofthe;

butterfly. part 19l 0f the yparticular pattern shown in Figure 6.l

The large filler sheet 17`is' first superim posed upon `the `metallic base sheetS,I as indicated in Fi`gurev7`," and th'e smaller 0r interior;`

, iiller'sheet 18,. ofva different color, is then superimposed upon ,the iiller sheet17 in regf isterngfalignment with the particularpa-rt` of the,patternrwhich is tofbe'filled with adifferent color as, for instance, the butterfly part 19 of the pattern or design shown in Figure 6. The cut-steel nails or points 2O of the outer design are then mounted upon the outer filling sheet 17, as shown in Figure 7, While the cut-steel points or nails 21 of the inner part of the design are mounted upon the inner. filler sheet 183 and lextend through both the inner-andiouter filler sheets 1'8 and-1^7, respectively, and similarly riveted on the rear surface ofthe metallieba-seI sheet 8 as indi-V cated in Figure 7.Y

The advantages. of my novel improvement in the art of making cut-steel ornaments are manifold. The cost of producing intricate open designs or patterns is greatly reduced because of thietotaly elimination Y ofall cut- 0uts' in-,the metallic basesl'ieet. By'building the backing lor fil-ling as a-permanentx part ofr the.. cutasteelVornamen-t, the useof=l-aseparate leather, velvet l or; similar bacli'ngf isentirely eliminated-'and the costof mount# 11i-g saidbacln'ng is alsoiel'iminated.

By the use of'l'my novel.y method-anducon i struction in the art of inakingcutssteel orna-` ments, no-tgonly may openfl'desi-gns orpatterns be produced at a -lowercost, but'inorein# tricate andgreater varietyfofldesignsmay be virtueoffthe inherentconstruction offcutsteel;ornamentsA -as produced heretofore.

T-h-usf- I @mayprovidesuchg disconnected-'1 or unattached pattern features orI design parts as indicated aty22, vin-lli'gu-re- 6', which are. not. connect-edito t-ihe-otherApart-s; of; the design byk any features ofthe pattern. 'Thistype @fide-.-

enti-rely;l impossible, in cut-steel ornaments asm-ade heretoforel becauseJ it would .be

necessaryYAY to cut out: the baseA sheet around the entire designelement 22, tlieiebyl'eaving thesame Withoutany physical support;

Thusv by my novel method and. 'construction practically: any-inti-icate design may .be .prow

duced` With the same facility andi Without anygreater cost than simpledesigns excepting forthe cost-of material suchlas additional cutsteel points or na l ,The backingior ffillingl sheets 11,' and: 18 may be any suitable, lult-preferablyv hiard',"

non-metallicmaterialas, forf instance, cellu-I loid,vu-lieanized fibre, artificiali: or` natural; resi'nous' material-,f or'- theA like, since the completedv ornament does not dependv itpoirthe furl-ler? or backingshieeti for 'itslsupportg or rigidjtly ,but merely for the ."filling or backing ,eifet.- Thus, too, tlreffllinglor,backing sheets '11,1 17 and Y18 may becomparatiively thin so asto, addwveryA little tethetotalf thickness of the ornament. y

I"4 am aware that i the vinvention `may. be embodied inl otherfspeciieformsWithout departf ing from the spiritfyor-I essential attrilautes.`

thereof, andEAI IS therefore.v desire the;V present lesY ros

embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cut-steel ornament comprising a metallicfbase sheet, a filler Vsheet of suitable color superimposed thereon, and eut-steel points mounted upon said filler sheet in any predetermined design having their stems extending through said filler sheet and base sheet permanently anchored in the latter.

2. A cut-steel ornament comprising a metallic base sheet, a non-metallic filler sheet of suitable color superimposed thereon, and cut-steel points mounted upon said filler sheet in any predetermined design having their stems extending through said filler sheet and base sheet permanently anchored in the latter.

3. A metallic base sheet having perforations extending therethrough arranged according to a predetermined pattern and having the border thereof composed of a series of generally circular edge portions formed about the series of border row perforations, a suitably colored filler sheet superimposed upon said base sheet having perforations extending therethrough and a border corresponding to and generally registering With the perforations and border of the base sheet, and'cut-steel points mounted upon said filler sheet in said perforations having their stems extending through said filler sheet and base sheet and permanently anchored in the latter.

4. A metallic base sheet having perforations extending therethrough arranged according to a predetermined pattern and have ing the border thereof composed of a series of generally circular edge portions formed about the series of border row perforations, a suitably colored non-metallic filler sheet superimposed upon saidv base sheet having perforations extending therethrough and a border corresponding to andgenerally registering vvith the perforations and border of the base sheet, and cut-steel points mountedl upon said filler sheet in said perforations having their stems extending through said filler sheet and base sheet and permanently anchored in the latter.

5. A cut-steel ornament comprising a base sheet, a plurality of differently colored filler sheets superimposed upon said base sheet, and cut-steel points mounted upon said plu rality of colored filler sheets with their stems extending through said filler sheets and through said base sheet and permanently anchored in the latter.

6. A cut-steel ornament comprising a base sheet, a plurality of dierently colored nonmetallic filler sheets superimposed upon said base sheet, and cut-steel points mounted upon said pluralityA ofi colored filler sheets With their .stems extending through said filler sheets and through said base sheetand permanently anchored in the latter.

7. Aout-steel` ornament comprising a me'- tallic base sheet, a plurality'of differently colored non-metallic filler `sheets superimposed upon 'sa-idf base sheet, and cut-steel filler sheet superimposed upon said first filler sheet and of an area less than said first filler sheet having perforations corresponding to and registering with the perforations in said first filler sheet covered thereby and having a border also formed of a series of generally circular edge portions formed about the series of border row perforations, and cut steel points mounted upon said filler sheets With their stems extending therethrough and through said base sheet and permanently anchored in the latter.

9. A cut-steel ornament comprising a met'allic base sheet having aseries of perforations arranged according to a predetermined pattern and having the border thereof composed of a series ofgenerally circular edge portions arranged about the series of'border roW perforations, a suitably colored nonmetallic filler sheetsuperimposed upon said base sheet and rgenerally co-extensive therewith and'having a corresponding and registering series of perforations and border, a differently colored non-metallic filler sheet superimposed upon said first filler sheet and Vof an -area less than said firstl filler sheet,

having perforations corresponding to and registering With the perforations in said first filler sheet covered thereby and having a border also formed of a series of generally circular edge portions formed about Vthe series of border roW perforations, and cut-steel points mounted upon said ller sheets With their stems extending therethrough and through said base sheet and permanently an- Y* chored in the latter.

10. An ornament comprising a base sheet, a filler sheet superimposed thereon, and cut steel points mounted upon said filler sheet in any predetermined design, havingV stems sheet, av coloring layer suporillhposediV theren n on, andy enti-steel points mounted in Apredetermined design, in. contrasting: relation to lthe coloring layer.

extendingfthrough said. llerVv sheet and pelmafnently anchored :in sadbase sheet. 11.. Acutfsteel ornament comprising a base.-`

1,2;l A cutsteel ornament comprising a hasesheet, a coloring layer sufperimposedthereon, and cutfsteel points mounted in. predetermi-neddesigfn, in contrasting relation to the coloring., layer and anchored to, saidrbaser sheet.

13. A'cutesteelornamentcomprising@ basesheet5, a coloring layer superimposed thereon,-andeut,steel points mounted in prede-A termined.- design., 1in, contrasting relation y to. the coloringV layer and having: stems an, cholfed., in said basevsheet,

In-testmon whereof myhandthis thda f offAugust, 1928..,

Y RRIS M,RIVELIS.

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